Foot-power fan.



No. 732,363. PATENTED JUNE so, 1903.

- P. MARAK.

FOOT POWER FAN. APIPYVLIOATION FILED AUG.-5, 1902.

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- UNITED STATES Patented June 30, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

FOOT-POWER FAN.

\EPEGIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No; 732,363, dated June 30, 1903.

Application filed August 5, 1902.

T0 aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANCIS MARAK, of National Military Home, county of Leavenworth, and State of Kansas, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Foot-Power Fans, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to produce a portable fan which may be operated by the feet of a person sitting in a chair; and the invention consists, in combination with av base or frame adapted to rest on the floor, of a pedal or foot-lever mounted therein, a swinging fan, and connections of improved construction between the fan and foot-lever adapted to impart to the fan a vibratory swinging motion when the foot'lever is operated.

The invention consists also in the details of construction and combination of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of my improved device. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a modified form of the standard and operating-link, showing how the height of the fan from the base may be varied.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents a base or frame rectangular in form and comprising side Walls 2 and end walls 8. Between the side walls near one end is mounted on a horizontal axis 4 a foot-lever or pedal 5, on which the operators feet are adapted to rest, a rail 6, extending transversely across the pedal, affording a rest for the heels and serving to prevent the feet from slipping back against the end wall. Near the opposite end of the frame there is fixed a standard 6, with the lower end fitted and firmly secured between the side walls of the frame and formed with a vertical slot '7, through which the pedal is extended beyond the standard and terminates just within the end wall of the frame, so that the end of the pedal may rise and fall freely within the slot when the former is rocked on its axis. Pivoted to the extended end of the pedal on a transverse axis is a vertical link 8, which is extended upward at the back of the standard and is provided on its front face with a bearing 9, in which is journaled one arm of an elbow-lever Serial No. 118,490. (No model.)

10, pivoted fan 11.

The elbow-lever is of peculiar form and is preferably constructed from a single section of rod or wire, as shown in Fig. 1. It consists of a horizontal cross-bar 13, which is mountedin the bearing 9 on the vertical link, and from the ends of this cross-bar parallel arms 14 extend to the standard, where they are bent and extended outward in opposite directions, forming two horizontal journals 15, mounted in bearings 16 on the adjacent face of the standard. From the bearings the journals are continued and bent outward in opposite directions to clear the upper end of the standard and then bent around toward each other, forming a loop to which the fan 11 is attached. The plane of the loop and that of the parallel arms 14: are disposed at right angles to each other, and they thus jointly constitute an elbow-lever pivoted at the junction of its two arms to the standard with one arm pivoted to the link 8 and the -other arm carrying the fan.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that when the pedal isrocked on its axis by the operator its extended end will be raised .and lowered, and through its connection by the link with the elbow-lever the latter will.

be rocked in its hearings on the standard and will impart to the fan a swinging Vibratory motion.

The loop or arm of the elbow-lever may at its center be fashioned into a stem'or clamp for the attachment of the fan, as shown in Fig. 1, or, if preferred, the loop may from its center be continued and bent into the form of a circular frame to be covered by suitable material to form a fan, as shown in Fig. 2.

In Fig. 2 there is shown a construction by which the height of the fan from the floor or base may be varied. Here it will be seen that the standard and vertical link are eachin two sections, an upper and a lower one, which sections are slotted longitudinally and adjustably connected by clam ping-screws l9 and 20. The upper section of the standard has the elbow-lever journaled to it, and this lever is also pivoted to the upper section of the link, so that by loosening the clam ping-screws and raising or lowering the upper sections of the to the standard and carrying atwo parts the height of the fan from the floor may be varied to suit the conditions encountered in practice.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. In combination with the base, a pedal mounted therein, a standard on the base, a link pivoted at its lowerend to the pedal and extending upward, a fan, and an elbow-lever 2. In combination with a base, a standard rising therefrom, a pedal mounted in the base, a link pivoted to the end of the pedal and extending upward, and an elbow-lever comprising a single section of rod or Wire bent to form a fan-frame, an extension pivoted on the link, and an intermediate connecting-loop journaled on the standard, and surrounding the same and disposed at an angle with respect to the said extension.

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand, this 28th day of July, 1902, in the presence of two attesting witnesses.

FRANCIS MARAK.

Witnesses:

JOHN H. CHRISMAN, JOHN CURRAN. 

